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Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
SFASCR63 3275 3462 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Bass to Original Senate Concurrent Resolution No.
63 BY SENATORS BASS, ABRAHAM, BARROW, CARTER, JENKINS, MCMATH, MIZELL,MYERS,STINE,TALBOT,WHEATANDWOMACKAND REPRESENTATIVESADAMS,BAMBURG,BOUDREAUX,FISHER, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, LARVADAIN, MARCELLE, NEWELL, WALTERS AND YOUNG A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the legislative auditor to examine and evaluate the process of developingandpreparinglegislativefiscalnotesandtosubmitawrittenreporttothe Legislature of Louisiana no later than February 1, 2027.
63 by Senator Bass AMENDMENT NO.
WHEREAS, Joint Rule No.
1 On page 1, line 6, after "office" delete "shall" AMENDMENT NO.
4 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives states that the legislative fiscal office is responsible for the preparation of fiscal notes for every bill and joint resolution that is estimated to affect the receipt, expenditure, allocation, or dedication of one hundred thousand dollars or more in any one fiscal year of either state funds or the funds of anystatewide political subdivision;
2 On page 2, line 13, after "conducting the" change "audit" to "review and examination" AMENDMENT NO.
and WHEREAS, an accurate fiscal note is essential in determining the potential impact of a bill, joint resolution, or amendment on the state fisc;
3 On page 2, at the end of line 19, after "interest." insert "This review shall also include a comparison of data and information between legislative fiscal notes of other states and legislative fiscal notes prepared bythe Louisiana legislative fiscal office." Page 1 of 1
and WHEREAS, the legislative fiscal office requests the information needed to prepare a fiscal note from the state agency, political subdivision, or private entity best suited to providing the required information;
and WHEREAS,JointRuleNo.4requirestheagencyorpoliticalsubdivisionfromwhom the information is requested to provide the information within forty-eight hours after the request is made;
and WHEREAS,aprivateentityfromwhomsuchinformationisrequesteddoesnothave the same duty to provide the information requested;
and WHEREAS, it has become increasingly common for state agencies, political subdivisions, or private entities to fail to provide the requested information in a timely manner, or to fail to provide the information altogether;
and WHEREAS, it has also become increasingly common for information used in the preparation of fiscal notes to be provided by parties with a vested interest in the proposed legislation, thereby creating the potential for actual or perceived conflicts of interest;
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63 ENROLLED WHEREAS, these circumstances have created significant challenges for the legislative fiscal office to provide accurate and timelyfiscal notes.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the legislative auditor to examine and evaluate the state's policies, procedures, and practices for the development and preparation of legislative fiscal notes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting the review and examination, the legislative auditor shall review approaches taken by other states in the development and preparation of legislative fiscal notes to determine best practices.
This review shall include an examination of the role and involvement of private entities in the creation of fiscal notes in otherstates,including but not limited to whetherprivateentities thatprovideinformation arepermittedtolobbyon thelegislative instrument to whichthefiscalnotepertains,andthe proceduresusedto identify, disclose,andaddresspotentialconflictsofinterest.Thisreview shall also include a comparison of data and information between legislative fiscal notes of other states and legislative fiscal notes prepared bythe Louisiana legislative fiscal office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative auditor shall submit a written report of findings and recommendationsto the Legislature of Louisiana and to the David R.
Poynter Legislative Research Library, as required by R.S.
24:771 and 772 no later than February 1, 2027.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the legislative auditor.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2